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The prospects of enacting soon an overdue North Carolina budget, permitting more state-sanctioned gambling and implementing Medicaid expansion stayed uncertain Monday as Republicans suggested dividing the topics between two bills. But most Democratic colleagues sound unwilling to provide the necessary votes.
North Star LGBTQ+ Community Center to celebrate reopening, 10th anniversary this Saturday
The facility provides a welcoming space for individuals in the queer community. Board of Directors Chair Cindia Gonzalez says the center receives visitors from Winston, surrounding counties, and even rural areas.
Amid criticism, Winston-Salem City Council to vote on Truist Stadium upgrade project budget overruns
The Winston-Salem City Council will vote tonight on whether to spend an additional $1.6 million to upgrade Truist Stadium.
North Carolina Republicans seek control over state and local election boards ahead of 2024
Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature with veto-proof majorities are close to wresting supervision of elections from the governor and the governor's party — almost always the Democrats for over a century.
Vice President Kamala Harris stops at N.C. A&T on 'Fight For Our Freedoms' college tour
Vice President Kamala Harris visited North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Friday as the second stop on her “Fight For our Freedoms College Tour” which
Stephanie Pace Brown takes over Visit Winston-Salem with an eye on messaging
Visit Winston-Salem has a new president. Stephanie Pace Brown took over on July 1 for Richard Geiger, who retired after 13 years of running the tourism agency.
Interactive Resource Center looks to expand hours to assist unhoused population in Greensboro
The Interactive Resource Center, or IRC, is looking to expand its hours of operation in Greensboro to increase services for the unhoused population.
Man at the center of prominent case alleging wrongful conviction, Kalvin Michael Smith, found dead
A man who claimed innocence in connection with a 1995 brutal assault in Winston-Salem has died. Kalvin Michael Smith was at the center of a racially divisive case that was one of the region’s most prominent allegations of wrongful conviction.
UNCG and Guilford County Schools team up to attract STEM teachers
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is teaming up with Guilford County Schools by covering tuition for future math and science teachers.
Former North Carolina US Sen. Lauch Faircloth dies at 95
Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina, a onetime conservative Democrat who switched late in his career to the Republicans and then got elected to Congress, died Thursday. He was 95.